Personal safety



J. W. UDALL.

PERSONAL SAFETY APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. m9.

1 ,3 15,436 Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

INVENTOR.

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WITNESSES UNITED ES PATENT reme JOHN w. UDALL, or wnsroiv, onrnmo, CA ADA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PERSONAL. SAFETY APPLI NCE.

wanted Sept. 9, 191a.

Appfioation filed February 17; 1919. Serial in. 277,561.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. UDALLZ a subject of the King of Great Britain, reading at Weston, in theProvince of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented cerbeing thrown from the carby a sudden j erk or when entering a curve.

In accordance with the invention a suitable hanger is connected with the body preferably by means of a harness and the opposite end of said hanger is connected with the carriage mounted to travel upon an overhead track, the parts -being so disposed that in the event of the conductor or other person losing his balance and tending to be precipitated to the ground the attachment will come into play to prevent such catastrophe and obviate any fatahty from such cause.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. However; it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing hereto attached,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a street car showing the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the body harness showing the same applied.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the body harness extended.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the overhead tracks showing the carriage mounted thereon and the upper portion of the hanger connected with the carriage.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawing by like reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates an overhead track which extends along the sides of a railway car and 2 1s a carriage mounted to travel on said track. These parts maybe of any construction. The overhead track leX- tendsin the same general direction as the running board 3 along which the conductor moves when collecting the fares during a trip. The track 1 is ofthe slotted type, and the carriage 2 comprlses a body, having a depending portion extending through the slot of the track, andside wheels to travel ontheparts ofthe track at the sides of the A "suitable harness is providedto be applied to the torso or body portion ofthe conductor or other person to be safeguarded.

This harness in the preferable construction 1 e1nbod1es a waist belt and shoulder straps, the waist belt being shown as comprislng two straps 4 and 5 and the shoulder straps being indicated at 6 and connected to the straps 4 and 5. The shoulder straps 6 have their front portions connected to end portions of the straps 4 and 5 and the rear portions of the shoulder straps merge into a single strap which is centrally disposed in the back and is connected centrally to the straps 4 and 5. When the body harness is in position the straps 4 and 5 pass about the body and are buckled in front, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. The shoulder straps occupy a relative position substantially in a manner similar to suspenders and are provided at their upper ends with loops 7 which are adapted to be engaged by meansof short straps 8. Fig. 1. p

The hanger consists of a strap 9 which is connected at its lower end to the harness and at is upper end to the carriage 2. This strap is adapted to be lengthened or shortened in any usual way to adapt the device to persons of different heights. A loop 10 is provided at the back of the harness and at the juncture of the shoulder and upper waist straps and the lower end of the hanger 9 is connected thereto. In this manner the hanger 9 is disposed in the back of With running boards the upper end of the hanger 9 is connected to the carriage 2 mounted to travel upon the overhead track .1. Itwill be readily understood that the conductor moving along the running board 3 may With reasonable safety use both hands in the collection of fares making change and punching trip slips or attending to other duties Without fear of serious mishap by falling or being thrown from the car because the safety appliance Will prevent his falling to the ground. The carriage provided for the free movement of the conductoralong the running board and the hanger 9 being in the back does not interfere with or incommode theiconductor in attending to the usual duties. I V

The foregoing description and the drawing have reference to What maybe considered the preferrechorapproved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make'such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall Within the scope of" the V appended claims.

Having thus fully described my. invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 1. A vehicle provided with a running board, and having an overhead track paralleling the running board, a harness adapted to be applied to a person mounted upon the running board and a hanger connecting the harness with a carriage mounted upon the overhead track, the part being disposed to prevent the person from falling to the ground when losing his balance or being thrown from the running board.

2. A vehicle provided with a running board, and a paralleling overhead track, a

carriage mounted upon the track to travel in presence of two Witnesses.

, JOHN W. UDALL. Witnesses:

R0131. ANDREW, H. OATTERALL.

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